| Overall: | B+ |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
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| Video Release: | 01 Nov 2005 |
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Movies designed to showcase talented performers have been a profitable Hollywood formula in productions like Singin’ In the Rain, Royal Wedding, and Holiday Inn.
Home Video Extra Features
Release Date: 1 November 2005
Older movies are often lean on extra features, but Orchestra Wives does offer a running commentary by Ann Rutherford and dancer Fayard Nicholas (who, with his brother, starred as the Nicholas Brothers in many musicals from this era). Their remarks reveal interesting thoughts about what it was like to be “famous” during this time period. There is also a photo gallery and a theatrical trailer for this film, as well as a selection of trailers from other older titles produced by 20th Century Fox.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
